Chelsea cause uproar by taking food taster on trip to Transylvania

Chelsea's millionaire footballers have enraged locals on a trip to Transylvania by taking along a food taster.

The players, who flew into the famous Dracula country for tonight's Champions League match, issued a 35-page list of demands at their five-star hotel.

The list orders that food can only be prepared under the watchful eye of their nutritionist Nick Broad, non-organic products be thrown out, and only extra virgin olive oil could be used.

The steaks are high: Chelsea captain John Terry, left, won't be sampling local dishes like ciorba soup unless the team chef makes them and, right, Christopher Lee as Transylvania's famous resident Count Dracula

One worker at the Opera Plaza hotel, near the city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania, said the pampered players were 'soft'.

He said: 'What do they think we're going to give them? Dracula blood?

'It's insulting. Like something out of the middle ages. They are too rich and too soft.

'This is a good hotel. We're used to stars and VIPs but this lot think they're royalty.'

CFR Cluj players Juan Culio, Gabriel Muresan and Alvaro Daniel celebrate the winner in the club's first Champions League game against AS Roma

The hotel's Bellagio restaurant was closed to the public as the Chelsea team arrived at the hotel. The squad, including manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, had a meal prepared by their chef.

Chelsea's multi-million pound squad will be taking on CFR Cluj in the second match in Group A of the Champions League tonight.

It is the first time the Romanian club has qualified for the top European competition. Both sides have 3 points after victories in their opening games, with Chelsea beating Bordeaux 4-0 and CFR Cluj winning 2-1 away at Roma.